Well, I built me a raft and she’s ready for floatin’;
Ol’ Mississippi, She’s callin’ my name.
Catfish are jumpin’, that paddle wheel thumpin’,
Black water keeps rollin’ on past just the same.

Old black water, keep on rollin’
Mississippi moon, won’t you keep on shinin’ on me?
Old black water, keep on rollin’
Mississippi moon, won’t you keep on shinin’ on me?

Old black water, keep on rollin’,
Mississippi moon, won’t you keep on shinin’ on me?
Yeah, keep on shinin’ your light,
Gonna make everything, pretty mama,
Gonna make everything all right.
And I ain’t got no worries, ‘cause I ain’t in no hurry
at all.

Well, if it rains, I don’t care, don’t make no difference to me;
Just take that streetcar that’s goin’ uptown.
Yeah, I’d like to hear some funky Dixieland and dance a honky tonk,
And I’ll be buyin’ everybody drinks all ‘roun. Chorus

I’d like to hear some funky Dixieland
Pretty mama come and take me by the hand, by the hand, hand
Take my by the hand, pretty mamma,
Gonna dance with you, baby, all night long. Repeat and fade